Individual Tickets Go On Sale: Individual game tickets went on sale yesterday and the Bills are reporting that tickets for the November 7th game against the Jets and the Halloween encounter with the Cardinals were going very well on the first day of sales. Three other games were already near soldout, the Jacksonville opener, the Miami game on Oct. 17th and the Patriots matchup on October 3rd. Right now no tickets are available for the divison rival games against the Dolphins and the Patriots and only single seats remain for the opener. The internet was buzzing at 9am as many fans tried to get tickets on the team's official website. Hundreds of fans showed up at the stadium to get thier tickets as well.
Saturday July 17, 2004

Bills Land Gildon: The waiting game is over, Jason Gildon is now a member of the Bills. ESPN.com is reporting that he agreed to a one year deal worth $1.25 Million late last night. The deal includes $500,000 in incentives. Gildon chose the Bills over the Packers and Bengals. Cincinnati wanted to give him a two year deal that didn't work for him. The difference for Gildon was the presence of Tom Donahoe in Buffalo. Gildon will add depth to the linebacking corp and he may see some time at defensive end as a pass rushing specialist. This is the role that was to be filled by Jeff Posey, so it will be interesting to see how the Bills use the two strongside linebackers.

Gildon Decision Today: The agent for Jason Gildon has told the Simon & Brinson Show on Empire that his client is expected to make a decision some time today on his football future. As we reported yesterday, the Bills may hold the advantage over the other suitors, Cinncinnati and Green Bay. The Packers have cap problems and the Bengals just re-signed one of their own pass rushers. Stay tuned right here for the latest developments on Gildon.

Bills May Get Gildon: The Official Bengals website is reporting that the Bills may win the Jason Gildon derby. His agent hopes for an answer from his client tonight. The Bengals were leading the derby but decided to extend the contract of DE Duane Clemons instead. Stay tuned for more on if Gildon will end up in Buffalo.

Miller Gets Award: Longtime play by play man Van Miller will be honored during hall of fame weekend in Canton, Ohio. He will be awarded the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award. It is given to a person with longtime contributions in Professional Football on the radio and television end.

Ticket Sales Update: Individual game tickets go on sale on Saturday morning at 9am but the inventory is scarce already. As we have been reporting all along three games are selling well. The team announced that only single seats remain for the October 3rd encounter with New England. Tickets are also extremely limited for the opener against Jacksonville and the October 17th game against Miami. That leaves five games for fans to try and get tickets for on Saturday. They are available online at the Bills official website, by phone at 1-877-BB-TICKS, the team's box office, Tops locations, and the Rochester ticket office.

Gildon Decision Nears: The agent for free agent LB Jason Gildon, told the Bengals official website that his client is very close to making a decision on his future and may decide by the end of the week where he will be playing this year. His choice is between the Bills, Packers, and Bengals.

Bills Pass On AFL2 QB: The Bills have decided not to sign AFL2 QB D. Bryant. Reports say they were impressed during his workout last week but they have the four QBs on their roster that they are set to go to camp with. They may have been sizing up Bryant for a future spot on the practice squad.

Training Camp Battles: With the players reporting to camp in 18 days it's time to take a quick look at some of the position battles to watch at St. Johns Fisher College in August. There is a big battle for the starting left guard spot between Marques Sullivan, Mike Pucillo and Ross Tucker. The left defensive end spot will be a battle of two young players, Ryan Denney and Chris Kelsay. We would also throw into the mix veteran Keith McKenzie. The free safety battle between Izell Reese and Coy Wire will also be interesting. Which battle is the biggest? Let us know by taking the poll on the homepage.

Camp Begins Soon: As the uneventful portion of the off season marches along, training camp is on the horizon and news should begin heating up in the next week or two. The players report to camp on July 31st and before that the Bills need to work on signing their top three draft choices. When camp starts the players will be busy with more two a days and hitting than they had last year in camp. Two staples of camp are back, they will scrimmage and workout with the Browns, and their will be two night practices like the past two years.

Gildon Update: There isn't any news yet regarding the future of Jason Gildon. KFFL is reporting that he is still in contract talks with the Bengals. They have appeared to be the odds on favorite to get him for a while now but no deal has been struck. He did visit with the Bills last month also.

Bills To Tryout QB: The Bills are looking to Albany for another arm possibly. They are going to tryout AFL 2 QB D. Bryant on Thursday morning. He has led the Albany Conquest to five wins in their last eight games since taking over as the starter.

How Will The Bills Be? Not much is going on as the team rests before they report to training camp at the end of the month. It is time to ponder how good the team will be. If things break the right way and they avoid the injury bug this team can be in the double digits in wins. If the offense doesn't evolve under the new system and they have some badly timed injuries, they can match last year's 6-10 season. What do you think? Take our poll on the homepage.